Non-UK Employee Visa Workshop: Employer's Guide to Immigration & PBS

Are your non-UK staff employed legally? Are you up to date with Home Office changes? Do your employees have the correct visa? Are you risking your Employer Sponsorship Licence? Are you prepared for a UKVI visit? Do you fully understand the Points Based System & its applications? As an employer – you are responsible.

Registration fee: £450 plus VAT per delegate

Failure to comply fully with Home Office regulations could land you with a £20,000 fine, a removal of your licence to hire migrant workers and by knowingly employing an illegal worker you are risking a two year custodial sentence. An unsatisfactory non-UK recruitment policy also leaves you open to costly race discrimination law suits. The complex legal and regulatory system often makes it very difficult for employers to ensure that their recruitment and employment policies are fully compliant with the law.

BFI’s Non-UK Employee Visa Workshop: The Employer’s Guide to Immigration & Points Based System brings together top legal, immigration and practitioner experts. This practical and intensive workshop will explore Home Office regulations, the Points Based System and non-PBS routes in depth so you come away with a full understanding of the requirements on you as an employer of non-UK nationals.

This is a unique opportunity for delegates to bring along their policies for evaluation and feedback with industry peers and immigration experts. Have all your legal & policy questions answered; with many Q&A sessions built into the agenda, you can ensure your policies are watertight.

Highlights include:

Vital Home Office updates

Getting to grips with Tier 1 & 2

Non-PBS routes to working in the UK

Ensuring your sponsor duties are fulfilled

New staff: Home Office compliant recruitment

Existing staff: managing work visas

Preparing for a UKVI Audit

Ensuring documentation is comprehensive and genuine

Recent feedback:

“Excellent speakers, content & venue” – Admiral Group Plc

“Well-structured & very informative” – NHS

“A very good day. Speakers were enjoyable & very good” – Birmingham City Council

“Very good event. Very useful and relates to workable practises” – James Walker & Co. Ltd.

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Schedule

Coffee and registration

AIMS & OBJECTIVES OF THE DAY

Ian Westwood

Ian Westwood

Immigration Consultant
, The Westwood Organisation

Ian Westwood worked at the Home Office from 1993-2003. He was an operational Immigration Officer serving at Heathrow, Gatwick and Dover before being promoted to Chief Immigration Officer based in Croydon.
Since then he has set up his own consultancy business, providing training and immigration advice to a variety of corporate and private clients on the subject of Immigration.
He is regulated by the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner to provide immigration advice in the UK. Ian’s training credentials include the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Certificate of Training Practice and the Belbin Team-Role Accreditation.

09:45

EMPLOYING NON-EU NATIONALS – IMMIGRATION ROUTES AND REQUIREMENTS

James Vaughan

James Vaughan

Solicitor
, Laura Devine Solicitors

James is a solicitor in the UK immigration team in London who has specialised exclusively in UK immigration and nationality law since 2014.
James advises clients in relation to a wide range of applications including under all tiers of the points-based system (PBS), non-PBS categories, sponsor licence applications, applications to naturalise and register as British citizens as well as applications relating to EU free movement law.
James has a particular expertise in the Tier 2 category of the PBS as well as in providing compliance support to sponsoring employers. His clients range from SMEs to global organisations operating in variety of business sectors including financial, insurance, telecommunications, fashion and legal.

Coffee break

UPDATE ON HOME OFFICE REQUIREMENTS: WHAT MUST YOUR ORGANISATION BE AWARE OF? (Continued)

James Vaughan

James Vaughan

Solicitor
, Laura Devine Solicitors

James is a solicitor in the UK immigration team in London who has specialised exclusively in UK immigration and nationality law since 2014.
James advises clients in relation to a wide range of applications including under all tiers of the points-based system (PBS), non-PBS categories, sponsor licence applications, applications to naturalise and register as British citizens as well as applications relating to EU free movement law.
James has a particular expertise in the Tier 2 category of the PBS as well as in providing compliance support to sponsoring employers. His clients range from SMEs to global organisations operating in variety of business sectors including financial, insurance, telecommunications, fashion and legal.

Lunch

Ian Westwood

Ian Westwood

Immigration Consultant
, The Westwood Organisation

Ian Westwood worked at the Home Office from 1993-2003. He was an operational Immigration Officer serving at Heathrow, Gatwick and Dover before being promoted to Chief Immigration Officer based in Croydon.
Since then he has set up his own consultancy business, providing training and immigration advice to a variety of corporate and private clients on the subject of Immigration.
He is regulated by the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner to provide immigration advice in the UK. Ian’s training credentials include the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Certificate of Training Practice and the Belbin Team-Role Accreditation.

Afternoon tea

Ian Westwood

Ian Westwood

Immigration Consultant
, The Westwood Organisation

Ian Westwood worked at the Home Office from 1993-2003. He was an operational Immigration Officer serving at Heathrow, Gatwick and Dover before being promoted to Chief Immigration Officer based in Croydon.
Since then he has set up his own consultancy business, providing training and immigration advice to a variety of corporate and private clients on the subject of Immigration.
He is regulated by the Office of the Immigration Service Commissioner to provide immigration advice in the UK. Ian’s training credentials include the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development’s Certificate of Training Practice and the Belbin Team-Role Accreditation.